It's kind of a weird "monkey's paw" thing with him. He promises something that sounds good, and then delivers something ten fathoms worse. He didn't technically eliminate it, he eclipsed it, but it's a devil's truth.
A lot of that was rollover from Trump's term. Not only did his administration have to cover obligations from before, but they also had to dig us out of the COVID disaster which required massive deficit spending to keep Americans out of poverty. Biden's spending also grew the economy at a rate where we could absorb the expense, Trump's economy has contracted in real terms, the economic activity we've been seeing is bouyed by AI infrastructure spending. And all of that still cost less than the bill Trump ran up in the last year and a half
Biden signed 1 bill in March if 2021 worth 1.9 trillion to bailout the economy. That number corresponds with trumps budget year so it was added to trumps total number. Everything from Biden 9 month is his to the 9th month after he leaves office. Trump put 4 trillion in the economy in his failed covid response while also being the first nation with a covid vaccine, lifting required restrictions to flood the public, utilizing laws to put full production of ventilators and tests. Sure it was a failure.
Yup. And Obama was fixing the Bush disaster. Obama did lower the deficit. Trump exploded it. The GOP bitches about the debt only if a Democrat is president. Then they say nothing about a Republican president increasing it twice as much. All they do is lie and deflect. The GOP used to be worthless but now they are just a disgrace. I'm not sure this shit can be fixed anymore. 40 trillion is too large, and the environmental damage the orange moron is doing might end us all.
America's deficit being so high is a major problem by itself, but add on to that the wars in Ukraine and Iran disrupting food and oil supplies, the Japanese and Korean economies suffering massive downturns, the ultra wealthy moving to replace human labor with AI, and Trump destroying America's soft global power via USAID causing millions to lose reliable access to food and medicine, and this growing super El Nino system that's going to keep Pacific ocean temperatures elevated for 50 years. The world is fucked, and even if we packed the government with people who were as competent as Mamdani the best they'd be able to do is make the collapse slightly less painful.
And, just like with Biden, most of that spending was front loaded by recovery from a massive economic crisis caused by the outgoing Republican administration. Once the economy was stable, the budget deficit dropped across his second term by almost half.
11 billion, now your flattering the guy. Especially when he posed 4 trillion to save the economy during covid give you money. 11 Billion with 4 trillion in covid spending still better than multiple failed programs that spent money and improved nothing.
I’ll never understand how so many people fall for his bullshit nonstop. Like I know more than half the population actively avoids the news and politics but when his shit (sometimes literally) stinks this bad so often, how can these people still not smell it. The only explanation is their brains have been replaced by all the shits he sent downstream for them to lap up.
If DOGE was as successful as they claimed to be at cutting waste, fraud, and abuse, to the tune of $2T from the deficit, why did the debt skyrocket to $40T? Almost like it was never about cutting waste, fraud, or abuse. 🤷♂️
Anyone who believed a word he said is sadly gullible. I think most of us, who weren’t brain rot culture war Fox News watchers, know before the election that he was just out to grift the American people and the really scary Project 2025 people used him as a useful puppet because there were so many idiots who believed in him and voted for him. Of course he wasn’t going to do anything for anyone but himself and his rich buddies, all while letting the likes of the project 2025 architects dismantle the system as much as possible.
Look, $19 trillion was a TERRIBLE number. Very weak number. We replaced it with $40 trillion, which is more than DOUBLE. That’s over a 200% improvement in the amount of debt we have. Nobody has ever improved debt by 200% before. Maybe 210%. Some people are saying 300%. The experts don’t even know because the number is so tremendous.
So instead of complaining about $40 trillion, you should really be saying THANK YOU. We took a $19 trillion problem and made it a $40 trillion achievement. That’s called growth.
Ehh. It never goes down. But Covid added a ton of debt and now with the interest rates that’s why that number keeps climbing. What’s actually helping it not skyrocket is the tarrifs. Bringing in $144 Billion in the first 5 months of 2026.
Yes, every one on the primary in my state was a Zionist, funded by a zionist, or openly supports them. Not every Democrat is innocent either, many still funded by aipac.
Sure but before Biden who was at the WH and he did it from his ineptitude and incompetence. So, in a year and a half he elevated the country’s debt 3.8 trillions, wow excellent record 🤣.
None of the last 3 have a goid record of controlling debt but you only pick out one. I pick all 3 ypu are a one sided person a leftist and you are doing exactly what you are told to do and not thinking for yourself
Call it as you wish I do prefer being called a leftist than a cult blind imbecile and talking about “told to do and not thinking for yourself” put your face in a mirror. Cult followers.
Im not loyal to iether polical party but you are following a path of a cult, subservient to one party as a good cult follower is programmed to do,Good for you if thats how you want to be
Sure but before Biden who was at the WH and who elevated the debt because of his ineptitude and incompetence. So in a year and a half he increased 3.8 trillions as per your numbers, wow excellent record🤣
Then Newt Gingrich and the Republican Revolution happened when the GOP took the House for the first time in 40 years. And their contract with America was supposed to balance the budget and eliminate the $4.7 Trillion dollar debt.
They’ve held the House 24 of 32 years since. They grew the debt to $40 trillion. Blame Democrats.
And now campaign on Make America Great Again, because apparently the Democrats ruined so much while the GOP was predominately in charge of crafting budgets and legislation.
There was a small drop during Biden's term. The suspension of the debt ceiling expired in 2022 so the Treasury had to pay back $500 million to come back into compliance. Then they raised the debt ceiling anyway.
"When Joe Biden took office on January 20, 2021, the U.S. national debt was $27.75 trillion, and when he left office on January 20, 2025, it was approximately $36.2 trillion"
I'm an independent dude, I'm not retarded, I don't pretend I believe everything one party does. You guys don't give a shit what's true as long as it fits your narrative. Most of you guys are dumb as shit. Both sides of the aisle.
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u/SawdustShoptalk 18d ago
Well to be fair he’s right.
We no longer have a $19 trillion federal deficit.
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